Wednesday, August 31, 2016

While we’re here on earth with our feet firmly planted on
the ground, Pope Francis flies around the world on his airplane from place to
place making what the media takes to be Francis’ latest ex cathedra statements. I suppose we should get used to the fact that
every time he’s in flight, he makes mind-boggling off the cuff statements, so mind-boggling
that by now we don’t pay much attention to what he says way up there the air. Why
bother? We have the Catechism and Canon Law to consult right here on earth.

It’s as if, weighed down by woes and worries of the
universal Church, Francis thinks himself not free to speak his mind but as soon
as he’s on the plane he’s suddenly transformed into a spouting fountain of
floating thoughts clouding his intellect.

Do you want to go to heaven? There are two things that will help you make that goal: love God and meditate on the four last things: death judgment, heaven or hell.

First, as St. John Bosco always told his boys, "Love God!" Isn't that the same thing Jesus told anyone who asked Him about the most important commandments? "The first is this: Love God with your whole heart, your whole mind, your whole soul, and your whole strength!"

But what does that mean? What is love? So many people say they love this or that. Certainly many people love their gadgets. They put their entire heart, soul, mind, and strength into playing games and expanding their list of friends. They spend most waking hours glued to their Ipads, Iphones, and computers. That's where they invest the most time and energy. How many are chasing Pokemon right now? Is he a little god to be pursued and followed and "loved?" How many are addicted zombie-like to their little boxes? Are these gadgets the new gods seducing us?

In spite of all that Hillary Clinton is doing to use the KKK to slander Donald Trump, the raw data of history shows that the Democratic Party has never really lost its arrogant patronizing attitude toward the African-American community, which has been largely confined to the welfare state plantation by Democratic policies for over sixty years. Check out blackgenocide.org for some insight as to how the Democratic Party and its agenda of:

Sunday, August 28, 2016

All these parents wanted was to get little Israel stabilized so they could bring him home and care for him there. Instead, the hospital agreed to accept the little boy for treatment, but apparently always intended to put him to death when he was back on American soil.

Wow! He got better care in Guatemala. This is what American medicine has become --

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Editor's note: SB 1172 does not address pastors per se. It forbids all mental health providers, licensed counselors, etc. from engaging in reparative therapy or other efforts to help children overcome same-sex attraction. A number of other states (here, here, here, and here) have also introduced legislation banning conversion therapy. This definitely affects Christian mental health professionals among whom are pastors who are also licensed mental health professional. Not only that, but it stands to reason that if counseling minors to avoid acting on same-sex attraction is unethical and abusive as implied in all the laws, how can the state not intervene to protect the young from pastors and Church representatives who dare to commit the crime of telling children to resist feelings of sexual attraction toward same-sex friends? These laws which are proliferating around the country are the spearhead that will initially target and limit both the free speech of minors and mental health professionals, but will ultimately be expanded to engulf pastors, youth leaders, etc. Remember when abortion was only legal for the "hard cases?" That's how the liberal tyrants always begin and they always use children to accomplish their goals. The reality is that the gay and lesbian community wants to recruit children because it is their principal way of expanding. Even their language indicates how they prey on children. Consider the terms "chicken" and "chicken hawk." The state has become a pimp for gay activists who want no limits on their ability to recruit children into their perverted lifestyle.California court declares it is
illegal to advise minors about their gay
tendencies

Friday, August 26, 2016

Dave Griffey makes the case that Mark Shea is simply an internet version of Donald Trump, a man he routinely castigates. I don't usually point people to Patheos, but this article is so on target about Mark Shea, I had to link.

How can I be so heartless and judgmental to compare Mark to Trump? Or compare others on Social Media to Trump? Easy. I read. I listen to Trump and what people criticize him for, and then visit various Facebook pages, including Mark’s, and I see no difference. Trump, beyond the policies he advocates – when we can figure them out – is brash, crude, rude, vulgar, sinful, mean spirited, ill-informed and simply a lousy person because of how he interacts with others and treats others who dare disagree with him.

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Rush Limbaugh jokes about "low information voters." We've all seen videos of (presumable) voters who talk about Obama paying for free goodies out of his "stash." And then there are the on-campus interviews of college students who can't name a single Founding Father, but can tell you minute details about Beyonce. We're in trouble, folks.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Wikileaks published a number of emails showing how George Soros uses supporters within the

Money talks, even at the Vatican. Now that we haveLaudato Si, what shall we do next from our marxist agenda?

Vatican to influence Pope Francis. It's not a pretty story and, in fact, it should give every Catholic pause. When a socialist monster like Soros is influencing how the Vatican approaches the moral issues of the day, WATCH OUT! LifeSiteNews and The Remnant both wrote stories showing how Soros money is being used to influence what comes out of Rome. Here are some excerpts from The Remnant story:

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

A friend sent me a poem from a young woman named Corinna Swetz who will be 25 next month. I thought it was worth sharing. Unlike les femmes who love the Lord and fight for the faith as our patron St. Joan of Arc did, la femme Hillary is more like the sorceress involved in the Eucharistic miracle of Offida who advised a young bride to take a consecrated host, burn it, and put it into her husband's food as a love potion. Hillary's blood lust is aimed at the little images of Christ in their mother's wombs. She not only encourages their murder as choice, but enables the butchers who sacrifice them on their bloody altars. May God have mercy on her soul.

If the Italian government passed a law to
legalize sodomy then can polygamy for Muslims be far behind? Seems that it's
only a matter of time. It's only fair, right? If God's marriage is tossed into
the heap of yesteryear and of no importance, then anything goes so there should
be no problem passing polygamy.

Hamza Piccardo, an Italian Islamic leader and Spokesperson
of the European Muslim Network, wants polygamy legalized for consenting
persons, especially Muslims. Muslims
don’t agree with same sex unions but have to accept it in the West, so they
feel that other people should accept polygamy even if they don’t agree with it.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Elizabeth Smart survived nine months of horrifying abuseNow she works to help abuse victims.

I once heard a talk by a police officer who specialized in violent crimes from rape to serial killing. He said he never caught a perpetrator that he didn't find pornography in his possession. Many people think porn is no big deal, but multiple studies show how porn use changes your brain. And how soft porn is the "entry drug" that creates an addiction that makes the user want more and more and increasingly hard-core material. Check out studies here, here, and here.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

The video below is priceless. In a white hot rage, utterly incapable of "dialogue" or participating in a reasonable discussion, a Saudi Wahhabi Muslim SCREAMS and YELLS at peaceful demonstrators whose signs say that radical Wahhabi Islam has no place in the world.

The irate Wahhabi Muslim SCREAMS that the demonstrators are Iranians or Russians who kill children then screams, YOU ARE TERRORISTS! IRANIAN OR RUSSIAN!

Then he screams, "WE ARE PEACE!!! WE ARE PEACE!!!!" He shouts, DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU ARE NOT MUSLIM! DON'T TOUCH ME DON'T TOUCH ME DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!

Thomas Stewart is a retired investment banker with a military background who flew combat missions as an attack flight officer in the Gulf War. Here's a quick summary from the article:

Whenever I hear someone complain that Donald Trump is “not presidential,” I reply, “Compared to whom? Which president are we talking about? How ‘presidential’ was Barack Obama in 2008 when he said of the Republicans, ‘If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun’?”

I confess I laughed when I read the interview. Let's face it. To whom do you think Cardinal Wuerl speaks? Do you think he's spending a lot of time outside his chancery speaking to the ordinary people of the diocese or is his contact with them from the window of his lavish apartment on embassy row? (Oh look, somebody dressed in jeans and a t-shirt is going into the church to make a visit!) Here's a bit from the interview with my comments in red.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

I was disappointed when I read that Msgr. Swetland was promoting the false notion of Islam as a "religion of peace" in a debate with Robert Spencer. Good grief, any person with eyes to see can tell you it's a religion steeped in violence.

I met Msgr. Swetland once years ago and was impressed with his orthodoxy and his zeal for the pro-life cause, so I was particularly disappointed by his, dare I say silly, statements.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Friends of Frank -- Tell God to take a hike and mind His
own business! We've got things under control.

By Chriss Rainey

"Frank is a die-hard Democrat. He said even if Jesus ran against a Democrat, he would not vote

for Him.”

This quote above is from a friend of mine who knows Frank. He occasionally plays the piano at a northern Virginia church where my friend and I used to belong. When I read this quote, I was honestly thrown back on my heels and it took me a minute to digest it. It's possible, I suppose, that he was only trying to make a point, but that's a pretty drastic position to take even in the heat of an argument. I can't imagine I would ever put a candidate sight unseen before Jesus simply because of his or her party affiliation.

...Which one aligns with your values? The Democrats' party of the abortion full court press, transgender social experimentation, big government, and big deficits? Or the party whose platform defends life and the constitutional rights of the individual?

I read an interesting article this morning that made a good point at the difference in the party platforms. Have you ever read them? Which one squares more with your moral viewpoint or philosophy of life?

Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Catholic bishops of Germany are praising Martin Luther, calling him a "Gospel witness and teacher of the Faith" and lamenting that the Church hasn't given him an "adequate hearing."

In a report released August 9th by the German Bishops' Conference, Bishop Gerhard Feige, chairman of the German Bishops' Ecumenical Commission, says the "history of the Reformation has encountered a changeable reception in the Catholic Church, where its event and protagonists were long seen in a negative, derogatory light." The report asserts that theological differences have been "re-evaluated," and that "the Catholic Church may recognize today what was important in the Reformation."

It would not be surprising to see Hillary have to drop out soon before the election, due to health reasons or new revelations about her criminal activities. This would allow Obama, together with Attorney General Lynch and the progressive justices on the Supreme Court, ignoring the fact that the American people could vote for any of the several other “Third Party” candidates on the ballot , to determine that a Democrat must be on the ballot, and thus cancel or postpone the election because of this contrived “Constitutional crisis”.

Saturday, August 13, 2016

The Fatzingers could be the poster family for Dave Ramsey, the finance radio guru who always encourages his listeners to live debt free. And, in fact, maybe he could learn a tip or two from their approach to living well with less.

I've always thought of myself as thrifty, but my strategies can't hold a candle to this family. What a revolution if more people would follow their example by both welcoming children as a blessing from the Lord and giving them the lesson of hard work, saving, and money management as well as having fun while living the faith.

Growing up I lived in several simple wood frame houses. My mother enjoyed flipping houses before there was such a thing. Usually it was to get the family out of debt. The rooms in these houses were small, bedrooms had barely enough space to get around the bed, closets were so small they could be mistaken for phone booths. Most of them had no formal dining room, none had more than three bedrooms. Yet we managed and I don't ever remember my parents suggesting that we would be even the least bit happier if we only had more space.

The same sort of houses were built in Levittown, NY after WWII in the late 1940's and early 1950's, designed to be affordable with the potential of being expanded over time as the family grew and money permitted.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

My husband just came back from an outing with three of our grandchildren to the parish thrift store which has all kinds of appealing treasures. He gave them carte blanche and sent them abroad among the toys to make their choices. He made no attempt to steer them to traditional toys associated with a particular sex.

Surprise! The two little girls (eight and five) came out with gorgeous china dolls. They love Ann of Green Gables and promptly christened their dolls Ann and Diana. The two year old headed straight for the trucks and came home with a great dump truck with lots of room for hauling stuff. I can hear them all now playing in the family room very excited about their new toys.

Celebrating Scalia's death with the audience clapping and laughing shows just how sick and cynical the democrats are. This audio also gives anyone who cares about the Supreme Court and its impact on demolishing the America we know one more reason to vote for Donald Trump. Keep in mind that Ted Strickland is from Ohio (a former governor), the state where Obama got over 100% in some precincts and 99% of the vote in 100 precincts in one country. Ohio was an important swing state in 2012 and the Democrats sure weren't taking any chances. Does anybody think these thugs won't go for a repeat this fall?

1. Is the pope so clueless he really believes Islam is not a religion of submission that justifies murdering and enslaving its enemies? (See The Church and Islam) Kirkpatrick writes:

The Church’s handling of the numerous cases of [what Pope Francis calls] “Islamic abuse” has the potential for causing a greater scandal [than the sex abuse scandal]. The similarities are striking. Once again we have Church leaders who deny that there is any serious problem.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Can anyone really see this sick woman as president? Matt Drudge posted the photo at the left on his website earlier this week. The incident took place six months ago which had the mainstream media trumpeting it was old news as though it was a manipulation.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Do you remember the description of Scrooge at the end of A Christmas Carol? He was a man who "knew how to keep Christmas," something he learned from the three ghosts. Perhaps we need three ghosts today to help us "keep" Sunday: the Ghost of Sunday Past, the Ghost of Sunday Present, and the Ghost of Sunday Future. If those ghosts visited us today what would those visits look like?

Saturday, August 6, 2016

So how do I know that the Tavares, Florida, Black Lives Matter is the best one ever? I’ve only been to this one but it’s the only one I need to go to. Here’s why. No one was killed, no one was overtly angry, no marchers were bussed in from Orlando, there was no hatred, no yelling, no riots, no guns, no danger – not even a hint of it – and no incivility on anyone’s part. It didn’t make the nightly news across the nation but Tavares’ Black Lives Matter March was a first rate act.

People were friendly, smiling, kind to each other, excited to be able to have a march to express their rights and their thoughts. It was well organized by 26 year-old Erin Haynes, who attended Florida A&M University for two years and plans on studying broadcast journalism at Lake Sumter State College in the fall.

Marchers began assembling in the park by the lake at 6pm (Sunday, July 31) where Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” played through speakers. At 6:15 Erin made a short speech where she insisted that the march was to be peaceful, saying, “We want to relay a message of peace, unity and equality. That’s what it’s all about. No acts of violence will be tolerated.” In addition Haynes said that she wanted people to know that while the march is focused on the Black Lives Matter movement, she believes that all lives matter and blue lives matter. All races, religions and ages of people were welcome in the march.

Friday, August 5, 2016

We're at the Chesterton Conference at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, PA. I have to say that Chestertonians are some of the happiest people on the planet. We're having a rollicking good time! This morning we heard a great talk on Chesterton's joi de vivre and this afternoon we listened to the conversion story of a magician (who makes his living in the banking industry) who came to the Church after twenty-five years of trial and error, through the impact of Chesterton. His story made me think of one of my favorite poems, The Hound of Heaven. He finished his talk with a few magic tricks. Chesterton would have loved it!

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Biden had to get special permission to do this, so we know it was an act flaunting his contempt for Catholic teaching on marriage. What will be the repercussions from Cardinal Donald Wuerl (Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.) or Biden's Wilmington bishop, W. Francis Malooly? I'm not holding my breath. Several bishops have recommended in the past that Biden be banned from speaking in Catholic venues and abstain from Communion, but there's no evidence he's ever complied.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Fr. Rutler understand the "logic of the Quran" that shows a god named Allah in the image of the Father of Lies, i.e., Satan. Islam is satanic pure and simple, a religion with a false god who hates his own creation. Fr. Rutler obviously doesn't buy the premise that Islam is a religion of peace. This excerpt is just a taste of an article worth reading and re-reading. Let's pray the pope reads it and takes it to heart:

Question: ...why do you, when you speak of these violent events, always speak of terrorists, but never of Islam, never use the word Islam? And then, aside from prayer and dialogue, which are obviously essential, what concrete initiatives can you advise or suggest in order to counteract Islamic violence? Thank you, Holiness.

Pope Francis: I don’t like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy… this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law… and these are baptized Catholics!

Monday, August 1, 2016

This is hilarious. Chelsea, who right out of college got a six-figure salary and was hired by NBC at $600,000 a year for her exceptional talents (hahahahahahahaha.......) bought a $10.5 million apartment with her husband in 2013. But she just can't care about money. So she joined her parents money-laundering scam used to reward Clinton supporters, aka The Clinton Foundation. One wall street analyst described the foundation as "Robin Hood in reverse":

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